WE PUT THE "W" IN SEL

 This professional development focuses on helping educators reframe and shift paradigms. Central themes explored in this PD are how educators serve students and see themselves as life changers, parents, and members in the school community. Tough concepts such as “teacher burnout”  and handling crises are discussed.  This PD offers useful strategies for de-stressing in and out of the classroom for the teacher and student.   

 This professional development focuses on research-based strategies through creativity (i.e., painting, pottery, etc.) to improve brain and emotional health. Techniques include combining the senses for highly intense situations, working through emotions after traumatic experiences (i.e., COVID), and suggested outlets for healthy stress management. Teachers will be able to increase wellness strategies personally and professionally. 

In this PD, The Kenna APP, an accountability partner process, is  taught and practiced in session. Concepts about partnership, collaboration, common goals, identification of resources and realistic usage are explored. Participants are shown how to find their best fit in order to be the best life changer they can be. The process and activities focus on intra and interdependency in the school, and how to implement it at the classroom level.